Template or gauge for use in marking and cutting window drapes



Jan. 7, 1930. T. G. 1 BOWMAN TEMPLATE OR GAUGE FOR AUSE IN MARKING AND CUTTING WINDOW DRAPES Filed Aug. ll, 1927 Thomeorge Len Bow mon IN V ENTO R;

veul@ Attorney.

Patented Jan. 7 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT orFlcs THOMAS GEORGELEVI Bowman, or wooDv1LLE,'soUTH AUsTnALImAUsTaALIA TEMPLATE R GAUGE FOR US IN MARKING ND CUTTING WINDOW DRAPES' Application led August 11, 1927, Serial No.

My invention relates to an improvedftem- Y plate or -gauge for use in marking and cutting window drapes, an important feature of the invention being `the provision of means whereby a number of drapes can be marked by the same template or gauge, said drapes being of various sizes within reasonable limits, but all being proportional to the origi- -nal standard design.

For the purposes of my invention I may use a sheet of thin metal, wood, cardboard or even paper upon which certain graduated marks and indicators are ruled'as hereinafterv explained, such marks being used for transferring the pattern either direct to the material from which the drape is to be cut or the device, if made of paper, maybe used to constitute a subsidiary pattern to be laid on the material from which the drape is to be cut, or thin paper patterns can be traced from the template` to be subsequently attached to the draping material and both the material and the paper may be simultaneously cut.

My invention will be better understood byl aid of the accompanying drawings showing two examples, in which:

Fig; 1 is applicable for marking out a drape having rectangular and curved delineations.

Fig. 2 is applicable for a drape having rectangular and angular delineations.

In each of the illustrations similar letters of reference are used to denote similar or corresponding parts and the basic principles governing the construction of the two devices which are shown in the drawings are ap licable to modifications' thereof.

s previously stated the device may be manufactured from sheet metal, thin wood, cardboard or paper, and if paper or cardboard is used the sets of markings maybe rendered distinguishable by being produced in various colors so that each group may be readily recognized or in the case of either paper, cardboard or metal being used, small holes, slots and openings of various shapes may be drilled or cut in the device'to enable the point of a. pencil to be inserted to enable corresponding lines to be indicated on the draping material, or alternatively the pattern or template if made of suitable material may 212,182, and in Australia 4August 28, 1926.

be laid on the fabric and both the pattern and the fabric can be cut simultaneously.

I will now describe my invention by the aid of the accompanying drawings, referring rst to Fig. 1 which represents a template or gauge for a drape having straight and curved lines in its formation. The sides, bottom and top of this template are indicated by the reference letters a, b, c and d. v

This template is preferably made half the llength of the widest size of the intended structure and can be placed ona double length piece of material so that when such material is folded and marked according to the method hereinafter described the two half folds of material will conform to the complete length and-shape of the window drape.

In the drawings either of the long lines e, f, g and L, or the edge a govern the depth of material, the upper edge of the drape being laid or marked along either of the aforesaid lines and the material extends from either 0f these lines to the line b which may allow a narrow portion of waste to be cut from the ultimate selvedge. Notches e', f', g and h are cut at the ends of the corresponding horizontal lines.

The short cross lines y', 7c, Z, m, n, o and 79 (and such others as may follow at an' equal distance) are for determining the half width 'of the material or drape based from the line c to the fold of thematerial. Holes j', c, Z', m, n', 0 and p are drilled at the intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines.

Upon the pattern or template I display a representation 'of the finished device as indicated at q which indicates the form or shape of the drape when completely cut according to the shape provided by my device.

For the purpose of setting out a drape as shown in Fig. 1, for a comparatively small window the cutting or marking of-the template will proceed from the line c along the unbroken line 1' which follows along the unbroken line 1" and is continued along the unbroken straight line r2 until it reaches the upwardly extending line r3 the upper portion of which merges into the unbroken curve line r* and terminates at the cross line j.

It will readily be seen that when the maever, is a matter of taste and the to follows: y In the drawings s is a long dot line, t ,is afin accordance with the shape indicated at but as such a drape would probably be used for a comparatively small window it -will be better for the operator to make his 'top portion coincide with the line k instead of with the line a previously suggested.. This, howmay extend to any position which may be esired between the lines L and h.

In addition to the unbroken line r I provide a series of, openings or cuts of various devices represented bv dotted lines or colored or perforated lines which for the purpose of aiding the` description may be referred to as small dot line, u is across line, o is a. combined dot and dash line, lwl 1s an open clrcle and dash line, wl is a triangle and. dash line,

and y is a black circular dot and dash'line.A

Now it will be seen from the drawings that from the continuous curved line there is an .extension beyond the-line r2 which is similarly formed andcorrespondingly marked s2 for the long dot, t? forthe small dots u2 for the cross lines, lv? forthe combined dot'and dash lines, fw2 for the circle and dash line, m2 for the trian le and dash line and y2 forthe black vdot an dash line. l

Correspondingly the vertical lines of similar nature are marked s3, t, ua; v3, lw, :v3 and ya and they ultimately terminate in a curve marked s* and so on, which extend respectively to the lines k, Z, m, ln, o and p previously mentioned' and such others as may be desired.

In marking out a. drape for lines other than that which was 4first described, 'that is to say for conforming with the small .sized drape indica-ted by the solid unbroken line r and its extension'sthe procedure may be described kasl follows his punch or pencil meets the intersection of the cross line u. The material willnext be marked with a downward sweep along the curved cross linesl until (it reaches the same level as the line r beyond r2 and viscontinued horizontally across the intervening space until it reaches the point where the corre'-l sponding cross line u2 terminates. From thence the marking takes an upward course continuing along the cross line u and ulti' mately follows the curve u* which it will be Assuming that a drape isrequired of a seen terminates on. the line .m corresponding with the half width fold of the material.

.- The template for a dra e of this size would -probably be found to pro uce a graceful form or proportion if the marking is continued upwards along the line m until it meets the line g or f according to preferments and similar] if`a much larger drape were reguired t emarking from the template would ollow the line r until it reaches theblack dot line y traversing the track indicated by 'such line through its various stages until it terminates upon a lined. y Referring now'to Fig. 2 precisely thesame general arran ement of Varyin cuts-and openingsare ormed in 01 on t e template and the same procedure is followed for the purpose of'marking an angular and rectangular drape such as shown in the inset g corresponding with the illustrationg delineated on the previousl figure. In this case as in the sol previous illustration a small size drape would be obtained by following the ledge c. along the unbroken line r downwardly at an angle then upwardlyalong 1", r2, r until the unbroken diagonal line r is encountered, the

-cutting being continued' downwardly until the fold is met coincident/with the line j, the

upper portion of the small drape being cut for depth preferably along the line la..l If the vtemplate is now removed and the material is unfolded it will be seen that a drape of the shape shown at g is consequentlyobtained.

-If a drape five sizes larger is required theV ycutting willbe from c along the circle and dash -line indicator downwardly following -'w thence upwardly along w at a return angle, thence vertically along/fw2 until the level of the line r is reached. From this leveltlie cut continues horizontally along to the end of 'w3 thence downwards to the bottom circle of the line fw* at which point it meets the centre fold of the fabric from which the drape is to be cut.. The width or the depth of the drape is determined according to preferments the top being cut or set out upon the lines a, e, f, g, or k as maybe desired.l

It isnot essential to the operation of my device that the material shall be folded as the same result will be obtained if the material iseut in single thickness up to the centre line and the template is then turned over and the cutting or marking `continues on accordin to thesame dots or marking in reverse or er.

An lmportant feature 1n the constructlon of my invention is to be found in the fact that the variouslines which indicate the cut edges are set out upon a definite proportion which may be described as follows The width of the drape is governed by the distance from the outer'line .c t`o the first vertical line j and the succeeding vertical lines are spaced three inches apart. The dimension three inches is not an arbitrary i re but is taken as a convenient standard figure, and

likewise for the pur ose of standardization the folded material or the structure may be taken as two feet six inches in length e ual to half the length of a standard five oot window, and the vert-ical lines are spaced three inches apart so that on a doubled or folded piece of fabric each additional vertical line will produce an increase of six inches over all, thus for a standard drape for a ve foot six inch window the vertical line k will be used instead of the line j and the following vertical lines are spaced three inches' apart for standard increases of six inches in width of windows.

Taking thirty inches as the Vhalf width of the standard five `foot window pattern and assuming that the first horizontal cut from the edge c is two and a half inches long as in Fig. 1 the next succeeding off-set or extension of the cut for the ive foot drape will increase one-quarter inch because one-quarter inch is equal to one-twelfth of the three inches (half width increase for the next size of drape (ve oot six inches).

Referring to the same illustration the next cut will be the downward semi-circle and is ten inches in length or onethird of the thirty inches standard (half width ofv a five foot window) and also one-third of the three inch increase. The next continuing eut will be along the horizontal line and extends for a distance of two and one-half inches which is one-twelfth of the three inch increase previously referred to so that by traversin the horizontal line it will be seen that fiteen inches or one-half ofthe thirty inch distance has been covered thus giving an increase of one land one-half inches towards the next vertical line. l

The uppercurve lengthwise is fifteen inches` and fifteen inches being half of the thirty inches, the next increase on the length will be one and one-half inches which added vto the previous one and one-half inches brings vthe whole to an increase of three inches.

advanced position to the increased distance f of its corresponding vertical line which indicates the half width of the window drape.

3. A template or gauge for use in marking and cutting window drapes'consisting of a plate of material having a series of horizontal and vertical lines formed thereon with notches and holes corresponding therewith for auging the depth and half width of material to be used in cutting a window-drape, and said sheet also havin a series-of lines extending to a correspomng series of vertical lines which terminate upon a line parallel with the horizontal depth lines, said sheet being further rovided with a series of lines traversing rom said line parallel with the horizontal de th line to the 'vertical half width lines, sai last named linesbeing rendered and cutting window drapes consisting of a "1 I plate or sheet of material having a series of horizontala-nd vertical lines formed thereon with notches and'holes corresponding therewith for gauging the depth and half width of material to be` used in cutting a window drape, said sheet also having a series of lines emanating from a starting point and extending to a corresponding series of vertical lines which terminate upon a line parallel with the horizontal depth lines, said sheet being further provided with a series of lines traversing from said line parallel with the horizontal 

